Waverley, Or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceJ. & B. Williams, 1831 - 455 páginas |
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... observed even in children , who cannot endure that a nursery story should be repeated to them differently from the manner in which it was first told . But without altering , in the slightest degree , either the story or the mode of ...
... observed even in children , who cannot endure that a nursery story should be repeated to them differently from the manner in which it was first told . But without altering , in the slightest degree , either the story or the mode of ...
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... observed less or more in every work in which the third person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar , to the Autobiography of Alexander the Corrector . I must refer to a very early period of my life , were I to point out my first ...
... observed less or more in every work in which the third person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar , to the Autobiography of Alexander the Corrector . I must refer to a very early period of my life , were I to point out my first ...
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Walter Scott. conclusion . As we observed a strict secrecy on the subject of this intercourse , it acquired all the character of a conceal- ed pleasure , and we used to select , for the scenes of our in- dulgence , long walks through the ...
Walter Scott. conclusion . As we observed a strict secrecy on the subject of this intercourse , it acquired all the character of a conceal- ed pleasure , and we used to select , for the scenes of our in- dulgence , long walks through the ...
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... observe , that about this time ( now , alas ! thirty years since ) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing a tale of chivalry , which was to be in the style of the Castle of Otranto , with plenty of Border characters , and ...
... observe , that about this time ( now , alas ! thirty years since ) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing a tale of chivalry , which was to be in the style of the Castle of Otranto , with plenty of Border characters , and ...
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... observed , that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the conversation of men . Of literary fame , whether merited or undeserved , I had already as much as might have ...
... observed , that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the conversation of men . Of literary fame , whether merited or undeserved , I had already as much as might have ...
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